DAKAR, Senegal, 25 October
2012
‐ Due to the
high demand from African innovators, The African Innovation Foundation (AIF)
and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) announced the extension
of the deadline for submitting entries to the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) to 30 November 2012.
At an event
featuring Senegal’s Minister and Deputy Chief of Staff of the President for the Republic of
Senegal, Mr Moubarack Lo, the IPA team highlighted the need to invest in innovation to
accelerate economic growth on the continent. The event in Dakar was organized
in collaboration with the Senegalese Science Academy and Technology,
represented its President, Professor Ahmadou Lamine Ndiaye.